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The Peppermint Lounge was a popular discotheque located at 128 West 45th Street in New York City that was open from 1958 to 1965, although a new one was opened in 1980. It was the launchpad for the global Twist craze in the early 1960s. Many claim The Peppermint Lounge was also where go-go dancing originated, although this claim is subject to ...
Twistin' at the Miami Beach Peppermint Lounge: Seven Blends 25173 Back at the Peppermint Lounge: Joey Dee and the Starliters 25174 Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable: Bill Haley and His Comets 25175 Let's All Twist at Peppermint Lounge: Dale Hawkins and His Escapades 25176 The Most of the Twist: Various Artists 25177 The Dixie Sound of Jack ...
Hey, Let's Twist was a fictional story of Joey Dee (Randazzo and Dino DiLuca played the parts of Joey's brother and father, respectively) and the Peppermint Lounge; its release capitalized on the current twist craze and made the once-obscure Lounge famous. The movie and soundtrack album did their part in making the Peppermint Lounge a world ...
In 1936, the Hackberry Ramblers recorded "Jolie Blonde", "Oh Josephine, Ma Josephine", "One Step De L'Amour" and "Faux Pas Tu Bray Cherie". [3] Darbone and Duhon were the first musicians to bring electronic amplification to area dance halls, sometime 1932 or later, running a public address system off the idling engine of Darbone's Model-A Ford .
Hey, Let's Twist! is a 1961 American musical film directed by Greg Garrison and written by Hal Hackady.The film stars Joey Dee, Jo Ann Campbell, Teddy Randazzo, Kay Armen, Zohra Lampert and Dino Di Luca.
Steve Paul had started his entertainment career as a publicist for the Peppermint Lounge. Paul opened the club in 1964, initially as a club for actors, musicians and theatre workers from Broadway. At the time, the only musician in the club was a resident pianist. Regular musical acts commenced in 1966. [1]
"Peppermint Twist" is a song written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover, recorded and released by Joey Dee and the Starliters in 1961. [1] Capitalizing on the Twist dance craze and the nightclub in which Dee performed ("The Peppermint Lounge "), the song hit No.1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in early 1962.
Smell of Female is the first live album by the American rock band the Cramps.The mini-album was recorded at The Peppermint Lounge in New York City on February 25–26, 1983, and issued the same year on Big Beat Records in the UK, Enigma Records in the US and New Rose Records in France.